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(No Model.)

BED BOTTOM.

No, 599,737. Patented Mar. 1,1898.

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; UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES B. RYAN, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO THE NEW YORK WOVEN WIRE MATTRESS COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BED-BOTTOM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 599,737, dated March 1, 1898.

A lic ti fil d June 23, 1897. Serial No. 641,972. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JAMES'B. RYAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New York, in thecounty of New York and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bed-Bottoms; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in that class of bed-bottoms which comprise a mattress and a support for preventing undue sagging or depression of the mattress; and it contemplates the provision of a bed-bottom having a simple and efficient support for the mattress and one which will prevent undue depression of any portion of the mattress without depriving the same of the major portion of its elasticity.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be fully understood from the following description and claims when taken in conjunction with the annexed drawings, in which- I I Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved bedbottom with the mattress partially broken away, and Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail section.

Referring by letter to the said drawings, A designates a bed-bottom frame which may comprise the usual side bars a and end bars I), suitably connected together, and B designates the mattress, of woven-wire fabric or other suitable material, which is connected to the frame in the ordinary or any other suitable manner.

0 designates the support for the mattress.

This support 0 comprises resilient rods 0, con:

nected at their ends to the end bars b of the frame A at points adjacent to the side bars, and the cable d, of SPIIZLHYTWOVGH wire, which possesses a certain amount of resiliency, or other suitable material. This cable (1 is laced to and fro between the rods 0, and its ends may be connected with the end frame-bars b in any tom is desired such end may be disconnected from the end bar and the cable drawn taut, after which it can again-be fastened to the end bar. As a convenient means of connect- .ing such end to the end bar of the frame I would use a threaded bolt e, extending through is loosened the cable may be drawn taut through the eye-of the bolt, after which the bolt can be again tightened.

The support 0 is a thoroughly practical one, and by reason of its simple construction and the small amount of material which it embodies it is very cheap.

Having described my invention, what I claim is 1. In a bed-bottom, the combination of a frame, a mattress connected to the frame, and a'support disposed below the mattress and comprising the inwardly-bowed rods connected at their ends to the frame and the cable laced to and fro on said rods throughout the length of the bed-bottomand connected at its opposite ends to opposite bars ofthe frame, substantially as specified.

2. In a bed-bottom, the combination of a frame, a mattress connected to the frame, and a support disposed below the mattress and comprising the inwardly-bowed rods connected at their ends to the frame, and the cable laced to and-fro on said rods throughout the length of the bed-bottom and connected at one end to one bar of the frame and detachably connected at its opposite end to the opposite bar of the frame so as to permit of it being tightened when necessary, substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature .in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES B. RYAN. 

